Mike Lee opposes new pandemic aid package for airlines

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is trying to prevent the take-off of another round of relief for airlines, which say they will need to lay off tens of thousands of employees without it.That comes after President Donald Trump earlier this week tweeted that he would be willing to sign a $25 billion stand-alone aid package for airlines as soon as Congress gives him one.But Lee, who is chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, joined Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., in a statement saying that an airline-only aid bill wou